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The Airline coachorElizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted?
The short answer
For one traveler the Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted is cheaper by up to £2.20. The The Airline coach fare is sold "from" a price rather than at it, so this comparison holds only at the advertised prices and the real answer can change with the day you travel.
The The Airline coach is quicker: 1 h 20 against 1 h 28. The Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted varies between 84 and 95 minutes.
The Airline coach: Runs all night. Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted: 05:21–22:25.
Priced against each other
Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in GBP. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers
The Airline coach
Elizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted
Difference
1
from £25
£22.80
up to £2.20
2
from £50
£45.60
up to £4.40
3
from £75
£68.40
up to £6.60
4
from £100
£91.20
up to £8.80
5
from £125
£114
up to £11
6
from £150
£136.80
up to £13.20
7
from £175
£159.60
up to £15.40
8
from £200
£182.40
up to £17.60
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
The Airline · Oxford Bus CompanyThe Airline coach
From
Heathrow Central Bus Station (Terminals 2 & 3); Terminal 5 at stand 10 in the arrivals concourse
To
Gloucester Green, Oxford, calling at High Wycombe and Lewknor
Luggage
Standard airport coach allowance; ask about bikes, skis or musical instruments before you travel.
Runs
All night
Journey
80–90 min
Every fare here is a floor: the £25.00 single and £31.50 return are the cheapest online prices, and cost more bought on the day.
Oxford to Heathrow Terminal 5 is about 80 minutes; to the Central Bus Station for Terminals 2 and 3, about 90.
Elizabeth→Stansted Express · Transport for London and Greater AngliaElizabeth line and Stansted Express to Stansted
From
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 or Terminal 4 rail station; changing at Liverpool Street
To
Stansted Airport station, under the terminal
Luggage
Racks at the ends of the Elizabeth line carriages; racks at the ends of the Stansted trains.
Runs
05:21–22:25
Journey
84–95 min
Change at Liverpool Street: TfL's planner allows 18 to 21 minutes between the trains, and the Stansted trains leave every 15 to 30 minutes.
Only a contactless card or phone pays the TfL fare; a paper ticket from Heathrow to Stansted is not priced here. The coach is cheaper (from £21.30) and about as quick, but runs about a dozen times a day.
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